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Release Date
USA: Oct 20, 1995
DVD Release Date
R1: Sep 3, 1997
R2: 1 Feb 2000
Budget $30,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and some violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 45 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM/United Artists
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Other Titles
• Get Shorty
• Schnappt Shorty (1996)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Comedy, Gangsters, Showbiz, Hollywood, Satire, Scams And Cons, Suspense, Betrayal, Cult Classic, Murder, Black Comedy
Tagline: Attitude Plays a Part.
Plot: This slick adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel features John Travolta as Chili Palmer, a Miami loan shark who's been sent to L.A. to collect on a bad debt from trash movie producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), the maker of the stunning flops "Grotesque" and "Slime People." But this is Harry's lucky day, because Chili is also a film buff, and when hes done talking tough he starts pitching Harry a script idea. As everyone knows, the best background for the motion picture industry is the criminal underworld, and Chili is smoothly launched into the life of a producer: romancing a B-movie scream queen, schmoozing superstars, getting reservations in the hottest restaurants in town. However, Chili's not the only mobster wanting to turn producer. It seems that a thug named Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo), another of Harry's lenders, also wants a piece of the action. Add in a group of angry drug smugglers and there is an abundance of double- and triple-crosses, as well as plenty of wisecracks and Hollywood insider jokes. GET SHORTY crosses the line of life imitating art--and vice versa--many times, including the real Ernest "Chili" Palmer (on whom the character is based) playing a Mafia henchman. Barry Sonnenfeld's entertaining romp is a wild look at the celebrity life in Hollywood,
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 | Gene Hackman
The Royal Tenenbaums, Unforgiven, Enemy of the State |
 | Rene Russo
Ransom, Lethal Weapon 4, The Thomas Crown Affair |
 | Danny DeVito
L.A. Confidential, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Fish |
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 | Delroy Lindo
Gone in Sixty Seconds, The Cider House Rules, Ransom |
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John Lurie
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